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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-07-02
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Summer tillage should be shallow
Girls, don't forget the flower beds.
BE ever gentle with the children
God has given you.
Boil ripe currants six minutes;
amount of sugar to a quart elght
ounces.
-''High grade" refers to an animal
of mixed blood, in which the blood OF
the pure bred largely pre~dominates'
1t is said that Il pint of milk taken
every night just before retiring to rest
will soon make the thinnest figure
plump.
-Sods from grazed fields or highways
make the best lawns, AS all but the most
hardy sorts of grass have, died out, and
the sod is an example of the survival
of the fitteSt."
Breakfast Puds.-Tako two pints
of flour, a teaspoon of melted butter,
two eggs and a pint of boiled milk.
Stir well, fill CREASED cups two-thlrds
full and bake in hot oven.-E1change.
The farmer who permits his chick
ems to roost in the stables does not de-
serve to own a horse, 1t generally re-
quires but little effort to keep them
out. and it should be done by all means.
farm, Field and St0ckman.
Apples, when stored for ripening,
are said to absorb oxygen and give off
carbonic acid gas freely; so that, if
stored in the cellar without good venti-
lation the acid will fill the house, and
we may have good apples at the sacri-
flee of health.
A nice way to use dry bread.-Cut
in slices and spread with butter, put
into u deep dish, and pour in apple
sauce enough to cover the bread, being
sure it gets between the slices. Bake
about an hour. Eat with cream and
sugar.-HOaSehold.
Washing with cold water will help
to harden the muscles in u horses
breast or back for the collar or the
saddle. The saddle should be removed
often to allow the back to cool, and the
sweat washed off. A few minutes de-
lay in this way will do the horse Il great
deal of good.
Whenever n calf is pitifully bleat-
ing, says the Amcrican %Cadirator, take
II soft brush and initiate the mother
cows action in licking its back, neck
and sides with h~errough, moist tongue,
The beating will cease, and if the
grooming is given two or three times a
day, this most mournful of all noises
will be effectually stopped.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-07-02
VIGOROUS CHICKS.
Notes on the Successful Matching of Good.
Healthy Birds.

hthitny DiFus
1t is not so easy a task as many sup
pose to succeed in Matching a nice lot
of healthy chicks free from the many
diseases which are so common among
both the old and young chickens during
the spring and summer, as there are
many points which bear to q greater or
less extent upon this subject of the sue
cessful Matching of good healthy chicks.
The condition and thrift of the parent
stock has an importantintluence on the
quality and thrift Of the offspring pro-
duced, and for this reason the breeder
should be very careful to see that his
stock is in the best possible condition
for breeding when the time comes, if
he wishes to secure robust constitution
and vitality in the prospective flock.
The mating of the breeding stock is an
important part of the work, and it
would be a good idea to have the sexes
at least a year different in their ages.
Good, well-formed pullets mated with
healthy, two-year-old cocks, make
about as desirable a breeding pen as
can be obtained, and if such stock are
used and they are fed on good, strength
ening food, and not allowed to become
too fat, the chicks are bound to be
thrifty and vigorous and will grow up
in excellent shape to take the place of
the parent stock in the breeding pens
the following season.
The little chick needs attention the
first thing, as soon as it energies from
the shell and until it is we'll started and
growing nicely. There is nothing on
the farm that will show the difference
between good and bad management,
and quicker, than n young chick. and
any extra pains taken by the breeder
during the earliest part of the chicks
life will be amply paid for by the bet
ter condition and quality of the chick
aftcrit has become fully developed, and
of course this will materially increase
the profits realized from such stock.
In feeding the little chick the breeder
should remember that its crop is very
small and the food digests quite readi-
", and for this reason it should be re-
filled frequently, so that no time will be
lost in the growth of the chick.-Farm.
Field and Stockman.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-07-02
UNCLE SIZES FOURTH.
IOriginal.

lOrlelual,l
/ mind back in Maine i ye said man lied
He was Tor scttin' right dow an arruin' 4
out
But here 10 yc happen TO let that word slide
He's for knockin' We down an kicken' ye
bout,
OF this snap ies a drap
Was born in my Saractt $ spirit no doubt
: A bachelor l was an a widder was she,
wilder OF pcartncss OF pace,
With a hich-strunC nose that was lovely TO see,
An eyes that burnt Study as stars in 'er face,
Though in time they'd les shine
As meller as moons when I'd pass by 'er
place.
Then. whether by chance or b plan I'll not say,
She presently rented the house next to me,
A cot an big yard where her onsprings could
play,
two twins full Of war-whOops' chaincd-hghtnin'
an glce;
That I'd ache for loves sake
Was a raw an exceedingly plain thing TO see.
For honey an love are alike in one thing,
They grippe if conditions amt les about square,
Still we gelher the roses an let the thornS
sting
In fac the more singers the more we get
there,
As with me when l see
She was sot round with thorns she seemed
douhly fair,
Idreamed OF her nights, an SIGH dreams as was
soft
A kind OF mixed haze, mellor twilight, an
hair,
An I'd waken plum crazy, a settin' up oft
Jes huggin' myself like a loonaicd bear,
An Id thrill an git chill,
An my best pantaloons was all could wear.
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VALUE OF IVORY,
The Largest and Smallest Pair of Tusks
Ever Brought to America.

Ever Brought to America.
THAT is the largest pair of tusks
ever brought to this market" said y
Fulton street ivory dealer TO a reporter,
''and | believe they are the largest
ever seen in any market; and hat pair
is the smallest" The large pair meas
Ire Z feet s inches, and at the base
they are large enough to take in II
mans head, They are hollow for abuut
three feet, the interior resembling ,hc
cavity of a tooth. The little pair kre
Egyptian, and are II inches long, aud
weigh three-quarters of n pound each,
and are l inch in diameter. The large
pair anne from Africa, and weigh 1879
and l3l pounds, and are valued at
$1,000. They are I! inches in diam
eter and % in circumference. The
dealer said visitors came to see them
from as far of as Oregon.
''They are worth a small farm" he
said. ''Some African elephant hunt
ers were in here once, and they said
the elephant from which they came be-
longed to a species hat was smaller
than Jumbo as to size, but was chunk
icr and heavier, weighing between four
and five tons. They are stout beasts,
for that one carried an eighth of a ton
in his jaws"
These tuSks cost but little in Africa,
and are mostly got in barter. Tusks
are money there, and if a native buys
any thing he pays for it in tusks. They
wear elephant skin on their feet and
eat the meat. The number of dealers
in this city is limited; three of these
are in Fulton street, one on Broadway
and one in Fourteenth street. The
London market rules the world, and
sales are made quarterly. At the last
sale Zanzibar and Bombay, "sound,
good, soft" sold for f6laf6i in 60-l0O
pounds lots; Egyptian and Malta,
'crackcd, good, soft" f4Saf52; Cape,
''sound, good, SOFT f57af60; Yves,
Coast, ''sound, good, hard" f54af59.
Ball points, q inches and more, Els;
2i-2s inches, f70. The New York
trade amounts to a couple of million
dollars II year. A billiard ball is
made out of II block "a inches square,
from each end of which a martingalc
ring is turned. The small pieces are
Utilized for poker chips, for which
ladies frequently call in their carriages.
The soft ivory is considered the best.
Most of the ivory ornaments are made
in England, as they can be imported
cheaper than they can be made here
| ". Y. Mail and Express.
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would raise his arm and exclaim; "Go-
ing. going, going, gone-who's the
bidder?" "Old Father Time said l.
He'll get them all before long"
The door of an old friends residence
swung open to my gaze, and walked
in. Various gentlemen were discuss
ing the foul invader over a jug of de-
parting spirits. IL believe I'll UNI
pack" said one; 'ding'd if I'm afraid
of a blue-tailcd fly. I'm going to sit
down and be easy" ''In a horn" said
l.. just then a s@izzin, singing, crazy
shell sung a short meter hymn right
over the house. Jake. has that dray
Gomez he shouted, as he bounced to
his feet. ''Confound that dray, blame
my skin if I'll evcr get a dray to move
these things. Boys let's take another
drink"
After the drink another hero re-
marked: "Boys, lets stay and see it
out-durned if it don't look cowardly
to run" He poured another spirit
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-07-02
THE FLY PLAGUE,
inc necessity of Protecting Livestock
From the Attacks of Insects.

from the Attacks Of Insects.
m annoyance caused TO animals h,
flies and mosquitoes often amounts f.
positive agony, and at all times, in
what is called good corn weather, il /.
sufficient to prevent the stock eatino
enough to keep them in good condi.
ton. The animals will stand in the
water or pass the greater part of the
DAY IN the shade rather than expose
themselves to the sunshine, going on,
to eat only when driven BY hunger.
They quickly lose flesh, the flow Of
milk shrinks, and Il loss is incurred
that can not be easily made GOOD
again. At all times a good feed Of
grain is beneficial to stock, but Il l.
especially so when flies are very m.
noying, since it will do much TO nre.
vent shrinkagc of flesh and mill
Horses and milch cows may be pro-
!eeted' in a great measure at least nv
wlplng them all over with a sponco
alpped in soap suds in which !, littlo
carool'e acid has been mixed. Bulls
cohhled IN stables often suffer enouyb
IRON the attacks Of flies to drive ,hcno
a mad and there is no doubt that
the continued fretting caused in this
way develops a savage disnosi,;om
inc most satisfactory results have fol.
lowed from sponging, with SOAP and.
anu .'u earoollc acid mixed, a Jersey bull
''""ned IN a STALL - Chicago 7y;buas.
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we had come to a city of refuge, a
citadel of hope, but there is nothing
certain in the sublunary world, moth
ing except death and taxes. So l
shipped my family further on and
pulled off my coat and rolled up my
sleeves and sworc that this thing had
gone far enough. In the language of
Patrick Henry | exclaimed: ''Sir, we
must fight! | repeat it, sir, we must
fight! How dare old Tecumsch to
cross that river. 1t is our river and
our land and State. | repeat it,
gentlemen, we must tight"' and |
popped my fist in the palm of my
hand. About hat time the first big
shells commenced scattering their I'M
feeling contents among the suburbs,
and rolled down my sleeves and put
on my coat again. Then came the big
panics; then shrieked the man-eater;
then howled the wild hyena among the
hills of Babylon. All sorts of people
seemed moving in all sorts of ways
with accelerated motion. They gained
on their shadows as they run, and their
legs grew longer at every step. ''How
many miles to Millwright?" said l.
But no response came, for their legs
were as long as light, and every burst
ing shell was an old witch on the road.
Cars were the all in all. Depots were
the center of space. The passenger
depot was thronged with anxious seek
ers for transportation. won't you
let these boxes go as b~aggageT' ''No,
madam, 1t is impossible" Just then
a family trunk as big as a bureau was
moved in and the poor woman got
desperate. "All I've got amt as
heavy as that" she said, land I'm n
poor widow and my husband was
killed in the army" We took up her
boxes and showed them in in spite of
the baggageman.
Everywhere was hurrying to and
fro at a lively tune. whats to-day,
niggerP" said a female darkey with a
hoopskirt on her arm. ''Taint no day
honey dat eber ! seed; yistiddy was
Sunday and ] reckon to-day is Runday
from the way de white folks is movin'
about. Yah! Yah! Amt afeerd of
dem Yankees, l amt, but dem sizzin
bumshells kill a niger fore you can
lick your tongue out; gwine to git
away frum here, | is"
l went into doctors shop and found
my friend packing up his walls and
medicine. An old skeleton with but
one leg vas swinging from the top of
a long box in the corner, looking like
a mournful emblem of the troubled
city.
care you going to leave him to
stand guardg" said l. 81 suppose
WILL. said he, "for I've got no trans
~portation for him."
take that screw ont his skull"
said !. land give him a crutch and he'll
travel. All flesh is moving, and l think
the bones will catch the contagion
soon."
A few doors further a venerable auc-
tioneer was surveying the rushing,
running crowd, and every now and then
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-07-02
HINTS ON COOKING.
How to Make n Number OF ToOthsOme and
AppetlElng Dishes.

AppetlElng Dishes.
To make a French omelet for break
fast, blend smoothly two spoonfuls OF
-four with one cup of mix, add a pinch
each of salt and pepper, and half a
te%aspoonful, scant, of baking powder.
Lastly, add the w~ell-beaten yolks OF
four eggs. Pour this mixture into y
well-buttered, shallow pan, and over all
spread the frothed whites of the four
eggs, A very few moments will cook
it sufficiently in q quick oven. Fold
over once, and send to table immedi-
ately on a hot dish.
Many n weary house mother omitted
preserve-making in its season, thinking
she ''would buy her sweetmeats this
year." but good ones are a dollar a
quart jar, and enough at that, for one
we bought as a sample contained just
four halves of ounce, the rest was sirup.
Far more economical to make IL own;
but if we do not incline to such warm
and tireSome employment in its proper
season, a very good substitute can be
made in this wise: Take a can of the
best quality of peaches; drain off all the
juice, and strain it; put over the fire, in
Il small porcelain kettle, add a full cup
of granulated sugar, and simmer slowly,
skimming as the impurities rise, for one
hour, or till clear. Then put in the
fruit, and cook just long enough to
have the sweet sirup thoroughly per-
meate it; then remov carefully, to
keep the pieces unbroken, into an open
dish, and pour the hot sirup over them,
and allow to cool. This will keep all
winter, and is as satisfactory and rich
a ''prcserye' as if made by several
hours of hard work over u hot fire.
The process is the same with canned
plums and pears, but plums require
one-half more sugar, and pears are
greatly improved by adding half a
dozen whole cloves to the sirup. At
an hours notice, at any season of the
year, the same result car be reached us
in the autumn, when fruits are fresh.
Use only granulated sugar in making
sweetmcats, and, we say. get the very
best quality of fruit, the choicest grade,
for the ''best is always the cheapest
This is cmphatically true in regard to
food, or any thing destined for the
stomach.
The rule for making "French mus
tard'' that will keep indefinitely, with
out holding, is as follows: To one large
spoonful of ground mustard add half Il
teaspoonful of salt, oncfuil teaspoonful
of sugar, and cider vinegar enough to
mix all these ingredients smoothly; set
Gil the fire, stirring constantly; cook
three minutes, and allow to cool. 1t
will be found equal to the imported
Christian Union.
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A DRAINAGE PROBLEM.
Why All Enterprising Farmers Should I'm
derdrain Their Lands.

derdrain Their Lands.
This subject has been much dis
cussed, and drainage urged upon farm
ers As a necessary and profitable in
vestment. Many have engaged in it
extensively. and found it so. But the
principles by which it operates, and
the aust for its use, are what | wish
to speak about in this paper. The
land in its primeval state was covered
with heavy timber, leaves and grass;
penetrated from the surface to a great
depth by roots that served to hold the
sturdy trees upright. In the early
days when Il fathers began to open
up their farms, they commenced by
taking down a part of the timber,
and girdling the standing timber, en-
rcpt that good for saving. Then they
plowcd and cultivated their crops as
best they could; having to contend
with trees, stumps and roots, and in
the coursc of two or three years, the
brush began to fall from the decaying
trees, and these must now be cut down
and burned early in the spring or late
in the fall, SO rs not to interfere with a
growing crop. This mode of farming
lasted for years until the stumps and
roots disappeared. The farmer con-
tinued to clear, improve and widen his
acres; his stock of all kinds followed
closely the taking off of u crop, and as
long as n mouthful of heritage could be
found, it was all the same with the
farmer, In dry, muddy or frozen
weather his stock was trampling and
pudding his farming lands. While
the stumps and roots were yet in the
earth, they acted as conductors of
water into the earth, and did not
hinder him from getting his crop in
due season.
But as the years went by he contin-
ued his method of trampling year after
year, with continued cultivation.
When once the soil is clear of stumps
and roots the soil and subsoil, if clay.
adhere together so that it has become
imperyiouS to water and acts as a
cemcnted cistern or vessel for holding
water. While this is the case, the
water only disappearing by evapora-
ton, the land is left hard and lifelcss.
The farmer is delayed in his operations
and no amount of persistent work will
fit it for the seed. Disappointment
comes; the number of bushels is less
ened, and the crop is of inferior
quality. This is the state into which
nearly all, if not all, the farms our
fathers wore out, and themselves, too.
in clearing and working under many
hardships, have fallen. Science has
found and put in practice a method by
which these worn out lands NAV be
made to produce again literally. All
surface water and excess of water in
the soil may be got rid of by a system
OF tiling. proper sizes being used, put
at proper depths and good Judgment
used throughout. All stock must be
kept off when the ground is wet, and it
must not be worked in a heavy state.
Practice rotation; be a friend to clover.
increase the manure heap; keep a good
stock; use economy, and your lands
will produce an abundance and to
spare.-Cor. ONo Farmer.
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their self-reSpect, and so we generally
invite some friends or kindred. an6
have something extra good for dinner,
lt.is a good long time since the Ma
ton was born, and it has had some
right sick spells, and a few years age
it liked to have died, and it had an
awful hemorrhage; but it is all right
now, and so we are going to celebrate
it as usual.
But | remember hal about twenty
three years ago we didn't celebrate il
with much hilarity. In fact we were
not at home for company, and not very
much at home at all, and didn't have
time to celebrate any thing, for tile
foul invader was after us, and VT were
making tracks, and the tracks were
wide apart. Me and my numerous
and lovely wife and offspring were
flying in haste over a dirt road in a
onc-horse rockaway and Il two-mule
wagon, and it looked like we were
trying to get round the foul invaders
to head EN- off and drive 'em back,
but we wasn't. An old-fashioned dirt
road is the best sort for q runagee, for
it forks every few miles, and you can
take any fork you please and dodge
around and hide out, but when you
are on a railroad you can't, We never
stopped for the Fourth of July or
any thing else, but kept driving before
and looking behind until we got dis
lance between us, and distance is a
good thing on such occasions. We
Travelled by day and right smart at
night, and finally felt safe enough and
tired enough to take the cars for At
lanta and send our teams to a place of
safety. The train was crowded with
runagees, and | found but one vacant
place after | had located my numerous
and interesting family. A luxurious
lady, with some aggrayating curls, was
occupying nearly all of a seat, spread,
ing herself like a setting hen all over
the velvet cushion.
''Madam,n said |, "can | share thi,
scat with you?' She saw hat was
pretty goodlooking and said; Certain,
ly, sir" and she closed in her skirts
some several inches.
In a short space Of time she became
affected with drowiness and her ala
baster neck became as timber as ;
greasy rag. Leaning on my shoulder
she seemed wonderfully a~ffectionate a
her head kept bobbing around, and
felt very peculiar at such times as tn,
curying road would aust her to sub
side onto my palpitating bosom, He
aggravating curls were getting tangled
up with my whiskers when ABOUT thi
critical juncture | venturcd to turn m,
astonished gaze towards Mrs. Arp
and seeing that she was waiting TO
some remark ] whispered: ''lIadn'
! better remove my scat-lo you thinl
that | can endure the like Of this?"
Il do not, William said she. "Yor
had better stand up awhile and whel
you get tired some Of the children vii
relieve YOU
The glance of her eye and the ton,
of her voice caused me to assume.
perpendicular attitude and The curl,
head was left without a prop. a man
wife is the best judge of such peculia
things, and as for me | am always GOV
er2ed by it.
I About the time we arrived in At
lanta the foul invader had crossed tn
river on his pontoons and the next da,
began his attack. We thought tina
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TENAClTY OF PURPOSE.
A Mental Attribute Possessed by Compara
lively Few Women.

lively Few Women.
Werarely find in woman that ~tenacity
of purpose and determination to over
come obstacles which is characteristic
of what we call n manly mind. When
a woman is urged to any prolonged or
powerful exercise of volition, the
prompting cause is usually found in
the emotional side of her nature,
whereas in "a we may generally OBJ.
serve that the intellectual is alone
sufficient to supply the needed mo-
tive. Moreover, even in those lesser
displays of volitional activity which
are required in close reading or in
studious thought w may note a SINH
lar deficiency. In other words, women
are usually less able to concentrate
their attention; their minds are more
prone to what is called ''wandering,"
and we seldom find that they
have specialized their studies Or
pursuits to the same ex-
tent that is usual among
men. This comparative weakness of
will is further manifested by the fire.
quency among women of what is popu-
larly termed indecision of character.
The provcrbial ickleness of la donna
mobile is due quite as much to v%acilla-
ton of will as to other unstable quail
ties of mental constitution. The ready
firmness of decision which belongs by
nature to the truly masculine mind is
very rarely to be met with in the fcmi-
nine; while it is not an unusual thing
to find among women indccision of
character 20 habitual and pronounced
rs to become highly painful to them
selves-loading to timidity and diff
dence in adopting almost any line of
conduct where issues of importance are
| concerned, and therefore leaving them
in the condition, as they graphically
express it, Of not knowing their own
minds. d. R0maacS. IN Nine-
ieenM Century.